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Patent GB-632634-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for tempering hollow glass articles
IPC: C03B27/06
Filed: 1940-01-24
Abstract: 632,634. Tempering hollow glass articles. QUENTIN, A. Jan. 24, 1940, No. 1468. Convention date, Jan. 15. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, July 24, 1940.] Drawings to Specification. [Class 56] Hollow glass articles are tempered by being first slowly heated until all parts are at a uniform temperature and then subjected to air or other gaseous fluid jets blown against the whole inner and outer surfaces, the number and size of the jets, the distance of the jets from the glass surfaces and the pressure of the jets being so chosen that the inner surface of the article is tempered more rapidly than the outer surface.
Patent GB-144246-A (GB)
Title: An improved folding seat
IPC: A47C4/18
Filed: 1920-01-16
Abstract: 144,246. Truffy, A. May 30, 1919, [Convention date]. Folding seats.-A folding X-frame seat comprises legs c pivoted to the front part of the seat proper a, and legs d pivoted below the point h to the back f which is itself pivoted at h to the rear part of the seat a, means being provided for locking the legs d to the back f. The locking-means may comprise a rotatable member j with flats k to engage slots l in the legs d.
Patent GB-1531563-A (GB)
Title: Unsymmetrical azomethine 1:2-chromium complexes
IPC: C09B45/00
Filed: 1976-01-15
Abstract: 1531563 Azomethine dyestuffs BASF AG 15 Jan 1976 [16 Jan 1975] 01522/76 Heading C4P The invention comprises unsymmetrical azomethine 1:2 Cr complexes in the form of the free acid the anion of which has the general formula wherein A is an aromatic carbocyclic radical containing one or more -SO 3 H or -SO 3 - groups and having a complex forming -O- or -O-C = O group adjacent the -N = CH- group, B and D are, each independently, an aromatic carbocyclic radical having a complex forming -O- group adjacent to the -CH = N- group, E is an aliphatic or carbocyclic radical having an -O- or -O-C = O group adjacent to the -N = CH- group, X is an optionally protonated group of formula -SO 3 <SP>-</SP> or -COO- forming part of A, B, D or E, m is an integer and when m is more than one (X) m  may represent identical or different groups and n is the total number of X groups in non protonated form, A, B and D are preferably phenyl and E may be phenyl -(CH 2 ) 1-3 -, =CHCH 3 , =CHCH 2 C 6 H 5 , =CHC 6 H 5 , =CH(CH 2 ) 1-3 COOH, -CH(CH 3 )CH 2 CH 2 - or 1,2-cyclohexane. The dyes may be substituted by phenylazo or naphthylazo groups. They are prepared by reacting a 1:1  Cr complex of the general formula where A- is an anion with an azomethine D-CH = N-E in aqueous solution or suspension optionally in presence of an organic solvent at pH 6-9 and at temperatures from 50 C. to the boiling point. When the complexes are salted out with alkali metal salts water soluble dyes are obtained. Solvent dyes are obtained by precipitating the dye from aqueous solution with a nitrogen containing base. The water soluble dyes are used to dye wool, nylon or polyurethane fibres and the solvent dyes for dyeing organic liquids resins, surface coatings, wood stains, ball pen pastes, anodized aluminium or for spin dyeing, e.g. cellulose ester or nylon.
Patent GB-195474-A (GB)
Title: Lathe and like tool-holders
IPC: B23B27/16
Filed: 1922-01-18
Abstract: 195,474. Inman, G. F. H. Jan. 18, 1922. Tool-holders for lathes &c. provide for the vertical adjustment of the tool by means of a sleeve B screwed into the shank A of the holder. The tool is clamped against the sleeve by a slotted and flanged swivelling member C and set screw D.
Patent GB-523861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the electrical heating of vehicles
IPC: B60H1/22
Filed: 1939-01-17
Abstract: 523,861. Self contained supply systems. C.A.V., Ltd., GLASER, W. H., and PARSONS, S. F. H. Jan. 17, 1939, No..1560. [Class 38 (iv)] A heating circuit d on a vehicle is supplied from a dynamo a when the vehicle is running and from a battery c through a current reducing - resistance p when the vehicle is stationary. A switch, operated, for example, by an electromagnet k across the dynamo, automatically changes the connections. When the heating resistances are in circuit a warning lamp q is lit. The system may include a separate dynamo for the lighting circuits of the vehicle the heater switch f being arranged to isolate'the generator a from the common battery.
Patent GB-554480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to diaphragm controlling devices for valves, switches and the like
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 1942-02-06
Abstract: 554,480. Valves. ASCOT GAS WATER HEATERS, Ltd., and FRIEDMAN, L. Feb. 6, 1942, No. 1580. [Class 135] A diaphragm-actuated valve has the diaphragm connected to the valve spindle by a ball and socket joint. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a pressure regulating valve. The diaphragm 5 clamped between the two parts 1, 2 of the casing is reinforced by a flat plate 7 and curved plate 6 clamped on each side of the diaphragm by a rivet 8 with a hemispherical head 9. A valve member 15 co-operating with a seat is formed on a spindle 14 provided with a hemispherical cun 16 held in contact with the head 9 by a spring 17. The valve is actuated by inlet or outlet pressure in the chamber 3 acting on the diaphragm against the action of a loading spring 10. In the form shown in Fig. 2 a two-part spherical member is clamped by a screw 22 to the centre of the diaphragm. The lower part 21 co-operates with a cup 16 on a valve spindle 14 of the water supply valve of a water heater as in the first form. The upper part 20 co-operates with the spindle 24 of the gas supply valve of the heater. In another form a solid sphere is formed with a diametral groove to receive the edge of a hole in the diaphragm. In another form the upper end of the stem of a hemispherical headed bolt is rounded to engage the rod 24. The socket may be formed in the member secured to the diaphragm and co-operate with a spherical head on the valve spindle. According to the Provisional Specification the invention may be applied to the actuation of electric switches.
Patent GB-729594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in clamping devices for securing cables, ropes and the like
IPC: H01R4/50
Filed: 1953-01-20
Abstract: 729,594. Friction grip fasteners ; rope coupling devices. WARBURTON, R. E. L., and SANDFORD, W. H. Dec. 30, 1953 [Jan. 20, 1953], No. 1593/53. Classes 44 and 109. [Also in Group XXX] A clamping device for securing a cable comprises two members 10, 12 each having a longitudinal groove 14 or 16 to accommodate the cable 15 and which can be forced together to hold the cable, and a sleeve split longitudinally into two parts 19 and surrounding the cable. As shown, the wedge 12 is fixed at 13 and slides within socket part 10 bolted together at 11. Sleeve parts 19 have arms 21 fitting into slot 22 formed in the socket so that the sleeve parts travel with the socket when tension is applied to secure the cable. The sleeve parts may be formed with positioning ribs engaging the V grooves.
Patent GB-487421-A (GB)
Title: An improvement in or relating to yarn and like winding machines employing reciprocating traverse guides
IPC: B65H54/38
Filed: 1937-01-21
Abstract: 487,421. Winding yarns. SHAW, W. Jan. 21, 1937, No. 1767. [Class 120 (ii)] In order to prevent successive layers of material being wound exactly above one another the synchronism between the speed of the winding spindle and of the shaft driving the traverse guide is destroyed by mounting the winding spindle a or a shaft driving it in alignment with the shaft b driving the traverse guide and mounting a pinion c on the shaft b in gear with an internally-toothed ring d having a greater number of teeth than the pinion, the ring being revolubly supported in a part e and carrying laterally-projecting dogs a<1> which engage radial slots f<1> in a sleeve f fixed to the winding spindle or shaft ; by this means the spindle a or shaft is driven at a constant speed very slightly below that of the shaft b.
Patent GB-224419-A (GB)
Title: An improved manoeuvre indicating device for road vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/34
Filed: 1924-01-24
Abstract: 224,419. Prior, W. W., and Scott, J. Jan. 24, 1924. Road-traffic signals on vehicles.-An indicator of the type comprising a horizontal rod 2 axially rotatable and carrying a pointer 1 is provided with a spring-pressed member 15, slidable on the rod 2, and having pins 14 adapted to engage recesses 13 in a member 10 secured to the dashboard &c. The handle 18, Fig. 2, is provided with a sleeve 17 enclosing the spring 19 interposed between the member 15 and an abutment 20 on the rear end of the rod 2. The forward end of the rod 2 passes through a pin 5, Fig. 1, which is vertically adjustable in the socket 6 carried by the radiator filling cap.
Patent GB-664259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in stands for holding flowers
IPC: A47G7/07
Filed: 1949-01-25
Abstract: 664,259. Flower stands. WELLARD, C. T. Jan. 11, 1950. [Jan. 25, 1949] No. 1985/49. Class 128. A flower stand with one or more pairs of vertically spaced grids G1 and G2 has one or more rings R, formed e.g. of wire or strip material, positioned between one or more of the pairs of grids and vertically spaced from them, as by spacers S secured to the frames F1 and F2 of the grids, so as to support horizontal flower stems. A ring R may be placed on or near the imaginary surface enveloping the grids. Suction cups C may be provided to engage the bottom of a container. These cups may be adjustable and may be attached to extensions U--of the spacers S. The Provisional Specification describes also a stand having suction cups held in rings formed in the frame of the lowermost grid.
Patent GB-689461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrical resistors and resistance elements therefor
Inventor: KERRIDGE FRANK ENOCH
IPC: H01C17/04
Filed: 1950-01-25
Abstract: 689,461. Coating with metals. JOHNSON, MATTHEY & CO., Ltd., and PAINTON & CO., Ltd. April 4, 1951 [Jan. 25, 1950]. No. 1986/50. Class 82(ii) [Also in Group XXXVI] Resistors are made by metallizing a length of glass fibre with gold or platinum or gold-platinum alloy and winding on an insulating former. In the example shown, Fig. 1, the metallized glass fibre 4 is wound on a ceramic former 1. Metallizing the glass fibre, Fig. 3. A bath 13 contains the desired metallizing solution 14 and the glass fibre 10 drawn from a drum 9 is coated as it passes between and in contact with superposed felt pads permeated with the solution 14. The coated glass fibre then passes into a muffle furnace 15 where it is heated by resistance heater 16 to a temperature within the range 450- 550 C. to burn away the organic matter contained in the metallizing solution and produce the required fired-on firmly adhering metal film and is then annealed after which the new metallized and annealed fibre 10 passes out of the furnace and is wound on to a drum 17. Metallizing solutions. Three examples are given as follows:. (1) for producing a platinum layer; platinic chloride 8 per cent; alcohol 8 per cent; nitro-cellulose 8 per cent; acetone 76 per cent; (2) for producing a gold layer: gold as sulpho-resinate 7 per cent; rhodium as sulpho-resinate 0.1 per cent; bismuth as resinate 0.2 per cent; oil of turpentine 43.0 per cent; oil of lavender 18.0 per cent, nitro-benzol 10.0 per cent; colophony 21.7 per cent; (3) for producing a gold-platinum alloy layer : gold as sulpho-resinate 5.6 per cent, platinum as sulpho-resinate 1.4 per cent, and then the same ingredients in the same proportions as in the second example.
Patent GB-310088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicle bodies
IPC: B60J7/057
Filed: 1928-01-21
Abstract: 310,088. Hagg, A. E., and King, J. Jan. 21, 1928. Hoods. - In saloon vehicles with a closable aperture in the roof the sliding roof portion 13 is provided with a longitudinal rack 16 with which engages a pinion 17 operated bv a vertical shaft 18 in bearings 19 secured to the rear part of the roof opening and having a handle below the roof. Specification 294,277 is referred to.
Patent GB-1118572-A (GB)
Title: Slotted cone antenna
IPC: H01Q9/40
Filed: 1967-01-13
Abstract: 1,118,572. Aerials. NORTHROP CORP. 13 Jan., 1967 [16 Feb., 19661, No. 2026/67. Heading H4A. An aerial comprises an inverted conical member 1 in which there is a slot 5, an offset feed member 10 intersecting the side surface of the member 1, and a ground leg 7 connected to the member 1 near the slot 5. As described, the member 1 is frusto-conical in shape, with an apex angle, for example, of 60 degrees, and it is positioned above a conductive ground plate 4. The slot 5 is of uniform width and extends from the base 6 of the member 1 to its apex 2. A vertical conductive plate member 7 is connected to the member 1 near the slot 5 and extends to the plate 4, to which it is also connected. Additional mechanical support for the member 1 may be provided by insulating members 20. A feed cylinder 10 parallel to, and axially displaced from, the member 1 is shaped at its upper end to the surface of the said member 1, the intersection preferably extending the full length thereof. The lower end of the feed cylinder 10 terminates in an impedance matching cone 12 with an apex angle, for example, of 110 degrees, which is positioned slightly above the ground plate 4, and is connected to the central conductor of a coaxial feeder. The outer conductor of the feeder is connected to the ground plate 4. It is stated that the aerial radiates omnidirectionally, provides vertical polarization, and is effective over a wide frequency range.
Patent GB-377896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the reduction of heat-radiation losses from internal combustion engines
IPC: F02B77/11
Filed: 1932-01-22
Abstract: 377,896. Cylinders. SCHMIDLI, A., 105, Rheinstrasse, Karlsruhe, Germany. Jan. 22, 1932, No. 2045. Convention date, Feb. 7, 1931. [Class 7 (ii).] Radiation of heat from those ports of an engine through which the exhaust gas is discharged, and especially the exhaust pipe, is reduced, by applying a bright coating, e.g. of aluminium, zinc, tin or lead, by the metal spraying process; the coating is, preferably afterwards polished.
Patent GB-957934-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle exhaust pipe mounts
IPC: F16L3/14
Filed: 1963-01-17
Abstract: 957,934. Exhaust pipe mountings. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Jan. 17, 1963 [Jan. 22, 1962], No. 2075/63. Heading B7H. An exhaust pipe mounting device for a motor vehicle comprises a loop 30 of resilient material connected by bolts 36, 38 to a bracket 28 connected to the vehicle and by a rivet 52 to a bracket 48 connected to the exhaust pipe, plates 40 and 46 being positioned beneath the bolt and rivet heads, respectively, on the inside of the loop. The bolts 36 and 38 and rivet 52 lie in horizontal planes longitudinally of the vehicle. In a modification, Fig. 3, the ends of the loop are lapped and are secured to the vehicle frame bracket 60 by a bolt 62 passing through a plate 64. In another modification, Fig. 6, the loop 26 is connected to a strap 72 depending from a bracket 74. The loops and strap 72 may be of tyre-carcase material.
Patent GB-1246855-A (GB)
Title: Shoe for a hand-held iron
Inventor: DIKOFF JOSEPH KONSTANTINE
IPC: D06F75/38
Filed: 1969-01-14
Abstract: 1,246,855. Detachable shoes for irons. J. K. DIKOFF. 14 Jan., 1969, No. 2085/69. Heading D1A. [Also in Division B2] A steam- and water-permeable shoe for a hand-held steam iron is formed of an aromatic polyamide consisting essentially of the structural unit where R 1  is H or C 1-4  alkyl and Ar 1  and Ar 2  are substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic radicals with meta or para chainextending bonds, the shoe being coated with a high temperature resistant moisture sealing medium and being provided with means for attaching it to the iron. The shoe 5 may comprise a perforated paper sheet 14 of fibres of the specified aromatic polyamide or a sheet of woven aromatic polyamide fibres laminated on one or both of its surfaces to the perforated paper sheet. The polyamide sheet may be removably secured to a metal frame 10 by wedging a doubled-over length 24 of the sheet in a recess 22 of the frame by means of a removable wire 26 and the frame may be removably attached to a steam iron I by means of lugs 30 which receive the ends of a spring 32 passing over the iron. Alternatively, the polyamide sheet may be directly bonded to the iron sole 9.
Patent GB-437304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to thermoplastic rubber derivatives
IPC: C08K5/17
Filed: 1934-01-22
Abstract: Halogenated rubber is rendered more resistant to the deteriorating effect of light by the addition of one or more of the following substances, viz.: hexamethylene tetramine, dicyclohexylamine, ditetrahydrofurfurylamine methyleneaminoacetonitrile, cyclohexylamineformaldehyde, cyclohexylaminoacetonitrile, tetramethylthiuram disulphide, diphenylguanidine, dihydroxydiphenyl propane, in amounts up to about 5 per cent.  The invention is chiefly concerned with the production of flexible, transparent films suitable for wrappings and comprising rubber reacted with hydrochloric acid until it contains 29-30,5 per cent of chlorine.  The composition may also be used for coating paper or the like, or in the manufacture of laminated glass.
Patent GB-290541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotary pumps
IPC: F04C2/12
Filed: 1928-01-23
Abstract: 290,541. Schmidt, R., and Patiag- Patentverwertungs - und Industrie Akt.-Ges. June 3, 1927, [Convention date]. Movable-abutment type. - In rotary pumps, a pair of camshaped pistons in contact are rotated about fixed axes in opposite directions and with equal angular velocity, the pistons being free from recessed pa.rts and having no packing, so that the line of contact alwavs lies in the plane containing the axes. The pistons K, k, Fig. 1, rotate in a casing G comprising two intersecting cylinders, and to ensure contact with the casing to shut off the working chamber at zero position, each piston has corresponding circular concentric arcs m-n, m<1>-n<1>. Two pumps may be arranged on the same shafts in one casing, or two more pistons of equal size may be arranged at equal distances around a central piston. The pistons K, may be of exactly the same size. Packing drums and abutments. - Packing- plates 15, Fig. 2, on each side of the pistons 2. 3 provide spaces 20 in communication with the delivery side so that the plates are kept pressed against the pistons.
Patent GB-312292-A (GB)
Title: Woodworking machines
IPC: B27C9/02
Filed: 1928-01-23
Abstract: 312,292. Skolnik, M. Jan. 23, 1928. Drilling-machines.-In a machine for performingwood-working or similar operations such as boring, drilling or driving screws, a, vertical tool shaft 142, together with its driving motor 124, is mounted in a carriage 110, which can be slid by means of a handle 162 along two parallel rods 94, 100, the former being adjustable about the latter along curved guides 86. The rods are carried in brackets vertically adjustable on posts 56 above a ribbed base plate 14. The shaft 142 carries a planing tool 156 and a second horizontal tool shaft 222 is geared to the shaft 142 and is adapted to carry a saw or other tool.
Patent GB-683260-A (GB)
Title: Actuating device for a record-playing turntable
IPC: G11B19/26
Filed: 1951-01-30
Abstract: 683,260. Driving sound reproducing machines. THORENS SOC. ANON., H. Jan. 30, 1951 [Feb. 6, 1950], No. 2277/51. Class 40 (ii) [Also in Groups XXIV and XXVI] A record-playing turntable driven by an electric motor has variable-ratio gear and a speed governor, a single control member being mechanically connected to the variable-ratio gear, to select the required transmission ratio, and to the governor, to adjust the speed. The rotor I of an electric motor is mounted on a driving shaft a which carries a centrifugal speed governor d of known type and which drives, by means of a worm, a helicoidal wheel k. A two-ratio gear (see Group XXIV) transmits drive from the wheel k to a shaft o which carries a turntable (not shown). A control member p, projecting through a gate 47, is rotatable about the axis of the shaft o to vary the speed of the governor (see Group XXVI) and is movable radially to change the transmission ratio. Turntable speeds of 33<SP>1</SP>/ 3  and 45 r.p.m. are obtained by adjustment of the governor with one gear ratio engaged and a speed of 78 r.p.m. is obtained with the second gear ratio engaged. In Fig. 4 the wheel k is driven at the higher turntable speed and a step-down gear is provided but in a further embodiment Fig. 5 (not shown) the wheel k is driven at the lower turntable speeds and a step up gear is provided. The motor, governor and two-ratio gear are enclosed in a casing c.
Patent GB-574616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric secondary batteries
IPC: H01M10/12
Filed: 1944-02-08
Abstract: 574,616. Dry secondary batteries. VARLEY DRY ACCUMULATORS, Ltd., FULLER, L., LARK, H. D., and SZPER, J. A. Feb. 8, 1944, No. 2348. [Class 53] An electric secondary battery of the dry type comprises pasted plates 11, 12 separated by layers 13 of sheet like separating material and having outer sheets 13a of the same material, these all being compressed to form an absorbent pack with no voids and the pack being slid into a tight fitting container 20 of ebonite, for example, and serving to fill the container except for an upper space 33. The battery is sealed in the usual manner by a lid 26 and pitch layer 34 and is charged with electrolyte through a vent 29 having feet 32 resting on a porcelain or like plate 31 resting on the pack. Normally the electrolyte is accommodated wholly within the pack but when quick charging occurs, as in traction uses, the space 33 accommodates electrolyte released too rapidly to be absorbed immediately in the pack. The plates 11, 12 preferably have lead or insulating frames which grip the sheets of separating material and the separating material is tamped round the edges of the plates to surround them completely. The space 33 may be filled with loosely packed glass wool or sand, if desired, the filling material being coarse so as to permit electrolyte to drain back into the pack readily. The coarse material may have a porous cover and the space 33 may be constituted by employing a domed lid in place of the flat lid 26. The sheets of separating material are preferably formed of glass wool coated with kieselguhr, with rubber latex as an adhesive as described in Specification 537,377, [Group V]. Specification 543,808 also is referred to.
Patent GB-210462-A (GB)
Title: Improved process of producing on the fibre azo-dyestuffs from arylamides of 2:3-oxynaphthoic acid
Filed: 1924-01-29
Abstract: Cotton goods are dyed by impregnating them with 2 :3-oxynaphthoic-b -naphthalide by means of a short handling in a concentrated solution and then developing with a solution of a diazo compound without first centrifuging or otherwise removing the adhering liquor; when prolonged handling in a diluted liquor is employed, common salt, Glaubers salt, sodium acetate, or other salt which does not precipitate the b -naphthalide is added to the liquor.  According to examples cotton yarn is handled in a bath containing the b -naphthalide, caustic soda, turkey-red oil and formaldehyde, common salt or Glaubers salt added and the yarn further handled, and after draining only, developed to red shades by means of diazotized 4-nitro-2-amino-toluene or 4-nitro-2-amino-phenetole; black shades are produced by impregnating with a more concentrated b -napthalide solution without addition of salt, followed by development with diazotized o - phenetole - azo - a - naphthylamine.  Specifications 7676/13, 17279/13, and 23732/13, [Class 2 (iii), Dyes &c., are referred to].